I asked my parents for wood again this Christmas, so: off to Cropp-Timber. I had set by heart on Osage Orange, but it was sold out, so I settled for Satinwood (rather yellow than orange) and I really wanted something red, so I opted for Red Heart. I also wanted another board of pear.
I also occasionally checked their website for Christmas deals and on the 6th I saw this deal: Lumber - Cropp‘s Edelholzshop, Max Cropp e.K. Im – und Export, Edelhölzer aus aller Welt - Cropp's Edelholzshop, Onlineshop Max Cropp GmbH& Co KG Hamburg A whole pallet of assorted woods for 180€, with a whooping 30% off. I did not buy it then because I wanted to see it first.
Long story short: I got satinwood, a little piece, for 120€, Red Heart, a little less expensive, for 77€ and the whole load of other wood, including cherry, a little piece of 2200-year-old oak that had been submerged in the Elbe, Honey Locust, servicetree, Horse chestnut, Sapeli pommelé Mahogany and a few others that weren’t in the description for 150€. It was the best deal I have ever made, seriously. The wood is not great if you need the whole slabs, having some impurities etc. but for me doing inlays and boxes it is great.
We brought it into the shop just now and it looks even more than in the car. So much cherry, 4 boards. Only those would have justified the price. And I cut little pieces of the satinwood and the red heart and gave them a quick oiling, the satinwood really is yellow. Woo! The red heart turns really dark red, but still gorgeous. I think it’s time for my Mononoke inlay. 
Slap a hefty pricetag on it and I am good to go.